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Phillips Fams LLC Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Milford, New Jersey
24 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/16/2024 - 12/14/2024.
Employees will prepare greenhouse and horticultural space. Fill greenhouse containers with soil and other greenhouse mediums. Perform a variety of greenhouse jobs, including but not limited to, seeding, planting, tagging, transplanting, trimming, cutting, tying, and deadheading greenhouse crops. Stick cuttings from existing plants. Irrigate, fertilize, and apply pesticides to greenhouse crops. Select plants for sale and prepare plants/crops for sale and the field. Move plants by hand and nursery carts within and between greenhouses, from greenhouse to field, and from greenhouse to packing house and retail market located on farm property. Clean and sanitize greenhouse containers, nursery carts, greenhouse space and greenhouse equipment. Maintain and repair greenhouse irrigation systems, climate control systems, and greenhouse structures. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to level, plow, harrow, and fertilize ground, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Prepare fields and orchard grounds for agricultural use. Cut trees, logs, and brush. Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil. Prune and thin perennial fruit crops outdoors. Plant fruit trees, vines, bushes, and plants. Seed and transplant vegetables, herbs, and ornamental crops. Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants or trees in planter mechanisms or ground at specified intervals. Install, move, maintain, and repair plastic mulch, drip tape, fruit trellis and fruit netting. Cover and uncover plants with frost freeze protection. Perform cultural work including, but not limited to, fertilizing, staking, tying, trellising, vine branch training, pruning, thinning, weeding, and cultivating. Install, operate, repair, and maintain irrigation using portable pipes, pumps, or ditches
Requirements:
- 1 months experience in duties listed
- Drug Screen
- Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
- Repetitive movements
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov